Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. ROGER VERCRUYSSE, Respondent, v. LOUIS ALATI, Appellant. Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: The exclusive remedy provisions of subdivision 6 of section 29 of the Workers' Compensation Law do not bar an employee who has accepted workers' compensation benefits from bringing a common-law cause of action against a coemployee who has committed an intentional assault upon him (Maines v Cronomer Val. Fire Dept., 50 N.Y.2d 535; Mazarredo v Levine, 274 App. Div. 122; cf. Smith v State of New York, 72 A.D.2d 937).